Algonquin Provincial Park

We’ve spent the last two nights in a Park called Algonquin. We parked the Beast up in a campground (Pog Lake campground) overlooking a lake. As we arrived the heavens opened and a massive thunderstorm hit – it felt like it was dusk ! However just over an hour later the sun came out and it turned into a lovely evening.

When the sun came out we got on our bikes and did  The Old Railway bike trail in the park which goes along an abandoned railway track. It was good to get some exercise after a week of driving and cities.

The next day we woke to a damp depressing day but not to be deterred we cycled 2.5km to a nearby trailhead and did a walk called Centennial Ridges. This was just over 10k long with only 300m of climbing but had a fairly varied scenery with high ridges interspersed with lakes. The ridges were good with better views as the walk progressed and the rain stopped. The lakes, although nice, were absolutely infested with Mozzies – we just didn’t want to hang around.

We didn’t see too much wildlife on the hike but the highlights were a woodpecker and a couple of Peregrine Falcons.